BTW, the mp3s of Blue Telugu on Amazon are in 320 kbps encoding and Apple's iTunes LP format is a step towards providing the same experience as accompanying album art with a CD through a digital and interactive medium.
--- In [email protected], Madhavan Rajan <rsamadhu2...@...> wrote: > > That's indeed shocking to hear! Thanks for the clarification, Gopal... > > It's sad that all the technology used in creating the song finally ends up > as a cheap MP3!! Digital release is fine, but why not release it in both cd > quality as well as mp3 quality? I still beleive if we take steps from now, > we can stop this happening for future audio releases...In one interview, > during the pen drive release of blue, AR was talking about distributing high > quality 24 bit music etc...If that happens, all would be happy to buy > digitally...I also believe that the webstore at arrahman.com should start > selling digital music in Indian rupees... > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:27 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <catchg...@...>wrote: > > > > > > > You got one part of the answer right, not the other part. The reason is > > definitely financial but it's financial feasibility and not financial > > challenges. The age of the CD is over. A market like India was never even > > there. The advent of unrestrained mp3 sharing on the internet and the rise > > of the CD as a medium coincided in India. > > > > Let me give you a statistic, shocking but true. How many CDs of Slumdog > > Millionaire do you think T-Series sold in India? All of 60,000. And T-Series > > printed Over 500,000 copies. For all the chest beating that we do on forums > > like this, the reality of the day is that nobody pays for music anymore. Who > > in his right mind would want to invest in manufacturing and distributing CDs > > upfront in such a market scenario? How many CDs of the Telugu dubbed version > > of a massive flop do you think will sell? 1000? Can you blame T-Series for > > not releasing the CD? Music labels make money only off mobile ringtones and > > ringback tones and TV and FM licensing in today's world. Whatever CDs they > > do release is purely promotional expenditure, it generates paltry, if any, > > income for them. > > > > There is minimal upfront cost in distributing mp3s through the likes of > > Amazon. That is the route any sensible business would take. I would be > > thankful that T-Series is at least progressive enough to provide us with > > that option rather than not release anything at all. > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 11:10, Rivjot <riv...@...> wrote: > > > >> It was up on amazon a while back, but will have to buy now, as CDs are > >> not going to be available. > >> > >> Can somebody please answer why many of Rahman music are not releasing on > >> CD? There are has been several instances in last few months.. makes me feel > >> there are financial problems (how can there be financial problems > >> associated > >> with Rahman's music and how can money get into the way of music?). I am > >> extremely confused and very eager to know the reason. > >> > >> Gops / Vijay, if possible, please give some explanation instead of just > >> saying "no physical CD release" everytime. > >> > >> --- In [email protected], Gopal Srinivasan <catchgops@> > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > The soundtrack is available from > >> > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002UDUU00/ref=dm_ty_alb > >> > > >> > There will be no physical CD release as things stand. > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------ > >> > >> > >> Are you searching for a reason, to be kind? > >> <b> > >> Explore, Experience, Enjoy A.R.Rahman - The Man, The Music, The Magic. > >> Only at arrahmanfans.com - The definitive A.R.Rahman e-community. > >> > >> Homepage: http://www.arrahmanfans.com > >> Admin: ad...@... > >> To Subscribe: [email protected] > >> To Unsubscribe: arrahmanfans-unsubscr...@...! Groups > >> Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Cheers, > Madhavan.R > Be a Music Fan; not a Music Pirate! >
